.A young lady had arranged her 21st birthday do
A large hotel ballroom in a high end hotel was booked and invitations stating fancy dress were sent out. The mistake was sending the invites six months in advance to ensure a good turnout.

My friend and his sister arrived at 9.00pm to avoid being unfashionably early. They asked for directions to the function room from the concierge. He replied "ah, you'll be with the chicken then"

Entering the enormous ballroom they found it fully decorated with the girl who'd birthday it was sat alone dressed in a chicken suit and crying piteously at the bar. In the intervening 6 months all her guests had forgotten to come
(unclestinky, Sun 3 Nov 2013, 23:13, 4 replies)

Not sure which is worse
Being too tight to send out reminders or call everyone a week or two in advance to confirm numbers, or having 6 months or more to arrange a costume and dressing like a chicken.

Actually, it's probably that even her family didn't bother to turn up.
( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Mon 4 Nov 2013, 7:15, closed)

Or the fact that he's posted a well-worn urban legend as something that happened to his friend.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 4 Nov 2013, 7:29, closed)

Spoilsport.

(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Mon 4 Nov 2013, 7:54, closed)

In my defence first and only heard in around 1981
perhaps a little less well worn then? And all these tales have to start somewhere
(unclestinky, Mon 4 Nov 2013, 15:38, closed)